05/08/2008 | Energy Policy and Tariffs | Erg and Kupit fulfill logistical commitments Following Esso (see SN n. 4 2008), Total (see SN n. 6 2008) and Eni

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05/08/2008 | Energy Policy and Tariffs | Retail network, Antitrust Authority: Shell to get three stations Auchan, three sales points with Tamoil In rulings n. 18182, 18191 and 18192 of March 27, published in the May 5 bulletin, the Antitrust Authority has approved Shell's acquisition of one business branch and the leasing of two others. The acquisition concerns the property of Asme S.a.s. of Diego Latella & C., composed of the fuel station i ...

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05/08/2008 | Research and Development | CO2, Enel reaches agreements in China for 11.45 m/t In Beijing, Enel has signed two cooperation agreements to reduce greenhouse gases. The first is a memorandum of understanding reached with the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Italian Environment Ministry to enable Enel to take part in research and development to promote clean coal technol ...

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05/08/2008 | Companies | Enel, profit from 2007 sale of Ogk-5 rises to 2bn rubles Ogk-5, the Russian electricity generating company controlled by Enel (see SN n. 11 2008), in 2007 had a net profit up 2bn rubles, $84.2MN. Ogk-5's 2007 earnings were 33.47bn rubles, up 27% compared t ...

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05/08/2008 | Electricity | Terna, Eib finalizes agreement for Sapei Terna and the European Investment Bank (Eib) have finalized their agreement (see SN n. 13 2008), concerning construction of a new underwater high tension cable to link mainland Italy and Sardinia, ca ...

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05/08/2008 | Energy Policy and Tariffs | Edipower, Eia with prescriptions for post-combustion in Piacenza The Environmental Ministry has given its positive Eia, with prescriptions, for the modification of the Piacenza power plant in relation to its post-combustion functioning, not to be limited solely to the city's district heating, as was foreseen by an authorization in 2006. Edipower motivates this wi ...

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05/08/2008 | Contracts | Edison, agreement with Metro Italia Metro Italia's 1.2mn customers can benefit from three years of green energy at a blocked price. Edison and Metro Italia Cash and Carry have signed a cooperation agreement which will enable Metro Italia's business customers to buy electricity at competitive rates from Edison, leading operator in elec ...

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05/08/2008 | Renewables and Conservation | Photovoltaic, Cdi partner with Silfab Silfab has chosen the US firm Cdi Engineering Solutions as its technical partner for development of a silicon factory in Borgofranco d'Ivrea. Cdi will coordinate and supervise the engineering of the trichlorosilane plant, of the treatment of vent gas and of production of silicon. Silfab recently sig ...

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05/08/2008 | Oil Market | Eni, new discovery in Angola Eni and Sonangol E.P. have discovered oil in the deepwater of Block 15/06, 350 km north of Luanda, offshore Angola, with Eni as operator. A company statement explains that the exploratory well making possible the discovery, named Sangos 1, was drilled in 1,349 m of water to a depth of 3,343 m. Sango ...

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05/08/2008 | Natural Gas - Lng - Lpg | Eni makes best offer for Distrigaz Some assets will be part of deal Eni is said to have presented the best offer for the 57% stake in Distrigaz, its affiliate in Belgium, that Suez must spin off for competition-related reasons in view of its merger with Gdf. The Belgian daily De Tijd, citing sources close to the company, reported that Eni has made an offer of betwee ...

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05/08/2008 | Oil Market | South Pars, Eni on short list for phases 19-21 Eni is said to be on the short list to become operator of phases 19-21 of the Iranian oil field South Pars. Russia's Gazprom, Iran's Petropars, and an unidentified Kazakh operator are also said to be interested in the development project. The Upstream newspaper quoted Ali Vakili, Ceo of Pars Oil & G ...

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05/08/2008 | Research and Development | Sogin, Superphénix plutonium management agreement signed Last Wednesday, in Paris, Sogin signed an agreement with Edf and Areva for management of the plutonium coming from reprocessing of the fuel used in the Superphénix plant of Creys-Malville. The agreement with Edf implements the 1998 Edf-Enel contract, which provided for irradiated Italian fuel to be ...

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05/08/2008 | Companies | Eni: Poli, nominations postponed for “climate of stability” Scaroni, Kashagan agreement “positive” Relations with the new government “will be excellent”; nominations for public agencies will be postponed to favor “a climate of stability”; the agreement for Kashagan is “positive”; if there were to be some interest in Alitalia “a change of statute will be necessary”; gas and oil from Iraq: these ar ...

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05/08/2008 | What’s Going On | Oilinvest, Isam Zanati new Ceo "Tamoil is the flower in our lapel” Isam Zanati, chairman of Tamoil Italia, is the new Ceo of Oilinvest. In a company statement, Zanati writes about “press speculation” on the future of Oilinvest and the Tamoil brand: “as new Ceo of Oilinvest I want to say clearly that I consider Tamoil the flower in the lapel of Libyan investments ab ...

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05/08/2008 | Contracts | Gazprom Neft offers Eni partnership Gazprom Neft has offered Eni a partnership for geological exploration and operations in the downstream. The news comes from the director general of the oil branch of Gazprom, Alexander Dyukov: “In the downstream we are evaluating the possibility of using their technology for treatment of heavy resid ...

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